Over 30% of states in the US are petitioning the US Supreme Court to hear and overturn a lower court ruling that makes it illegal to fire employees for the sole reason of being transgendered.
The brief, signed by the 16 states and sent to the high court, takes issue with a decision in March by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that ruled against a funeral home who fired a transgendered woman after she started her transition.
The court stated that the firing violated the transgendered woman’s protection from discrimination on the basis of sex.
The states who signed the petition are mostly from the south and midwest, with a few exceptions.
At the heart of the argument by the upset states is that the law protects sex and not gender identity.
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